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USGS usp000dbgg

26 Dec 2004, 05:01

268 km SSW of Port Blair, India

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 268 km SSW of Port Blair, India?

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9.296000, 92.212000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dbgg
Coordinates
9.296, 92.212
Network
us
Significance
432